In worms, mice and flies, for instance, researchers have radically extended lifespan by
suppressing genes involved in growth - factor signalling, or by restricting food.
Not exact matches
One factor keeping cells in this immature state is the PTEN
gene, which
suppresses a signalling pathway
involved in cell growth.
For example,
genes involved in
suppressing tumor formation are turned off via epigenetic mechanisms, and
genes involved in rapid growth and replication are turned on too high.
miR - 184 is known to
suppress tumor development by regulating a variety of
genes involved in cancer growth, while SND1 has been shown to play a significant role in the development of breast, colon, prostate and liver cancers.
The research team found that this non-coding RNA fragment maintains healthy cells through two mechanisms: Firstly by regulating the levels of DIRAS3, one of its neigboring
genes that is
involved in cell replication; secondly by
suppressing a network of
genes that prepare cells to change their shape and prepare for metastasis.
Moreover, approximately 30 % of follicular lymphoma patients lose also a portion of chromosome 6, affecting multiple
genes involved in
suppressing the emergence of a tumor.
Finally, the researchers showed in tests with mice that their nanoparticle iNOP - 7DS can be delivered effectively to the liver, spleen, and lung; and it
suppressed the level of messenger RNA
involved in the expression of the ApoB
gene.
This is in accordance with previous reports that decitabine and 5 - azacytidine produce a marked synergistic effect in combination with suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and romidepsin in T - lymphoma cell lines by modulating cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.26, 27 As a mechanism of action, KMT2D mutations of B - lymphoma cells promote malignant outgrowth by perturbing methylation of H3K4 that affect the JAK - STAT, Toll - like receptor, or B - cell receptor pathway.28, 29 Here our study indicated that dual treatment with chidamide and decitabine enhanced the interaction of KMT2D with the transcription factor PU.1, thereby inactivating the H3K4me - associated signaling pathway MAPK, which is constitutively activated in T - cell lymphoma.13, 30,31 The transcription factor PU.1 is
involved in the development of all hematopoietic lineages32 and regulates lymphoid cell growth and transformation.33 Aberrant PU.1 expression promotes acute myeloid leukemia and is related to the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma via the MAPK pathway.34, 35 On the other hand, PU.1 is also shown to interact with chromatin remodeler and DNA methyltransferease to control hematopoiesis and
suppress leukemia.36 Our data thus suggested that the combined action of chidamide and decitabine may interfere with the differentiation and / or viability of PTCL - NOS through a PU.1 - dependent
gene expression program.
The
genes MDR1 and NANOG, both
involved in the regulation and expression of efflux pump mechanisms, were significantly
suppressed.
These factors work together to activate
genes involved in fashioning heart muscle cells, while
suppressing genes characteristic of other cell types.
HDACs are a family of enzymes which, amongst other things, influence access to DNA and are
involved in whether specific
genes, such as tumor
suppressing genes, are expressed or not.